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Great turnip's candle flickers, then finally bursts into flamehttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/25/sketch-pickles-turnip
Eric Pickles started the day quietly, but by the close of play Labour MPs were feeling the sharp end of his tongue<p>The big event in the Commons on Monday was William Hague's statement on Iran and its nuclear reactors. This was very technical, and I leave readers to find enlightenment elsewhere in this paper.</p><p>Beforehand we heard from the local government secretary, Eric Pickles, who – to misquote John Lewis – is never knowingly underfed. Nor, unlike the Iranians, does he do any reacting.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/25/sketch-pickles-turnip">Continue reading...</a>House of CommonsConservativesLabourEric PicklesBedroom taxPoliticsUK newsMon, 25 Nov 2013 19:29:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/25/sketch-pickles-turnipPhotograph: PAPickles: vinegary. Photograph: PAPhotograph: PAPickles: vinegary. Photograph: PASimon Hoggart2013-11-25T19:29:04ZWelfare party? Well, the Queen won't want to pay the bedroom taxhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/14/welfare-party-labour-iain-duncan-smith
Ian Duncan Smith's attempt to paint Labour as squandering skiver-lovers just makes the Tories seem even more heartless<p>Iain Duncan Smith, presumably on the advice of those on a pay grade above him, has started to call Labour the Welfare party. At every opportunity, he says something like "the opposition, the Welfare party …" Actually it sounds rather good. We know what he means, but who is against the idea of welfare? Better than being the Destitution party, a title the Tories may be aiming at.</p><p>Mr Duncan Smith used to call himself the Quiet Man when he was Tory leader. Well, that didn't work, so he has become the Shouty Man. Yesterday he was shouting about the bedroom tax – or, as he insists on calling it, "the spare room supplement", which sounds like something that drops out of the Sunday papers. "Make your spare room a mini-palace with luxury wallpaper from Osborne and Little … "</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/14/welfare-party-labour-iain-duncan-smith">Continue reading...</a>WelfareIain Duncan SmithPoliticsLabourPublic sector cutsPublic services policyPublic financeSocietyConservativesThe QueenMonarchyUK newsBedroom taxMon, 14 Oct 2013 18:23:18 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/14/welfare-party-labour-iain-duncan-smithPhotograph: Ian Nicholson/PAIain Duncan Smith: no longer the Quiet Man, more's the pity. Photograph: Ian Nicholson/PAPhotograph: Ian Nicholson/PAIain Duncan Smith: no longer the Quiet Man, more's the pity. Photograph: Ian Nicholson/PASimon Hoggart2013-10-14T18:23:18ZSRS (spare room subsidy): three letters to chill the spine of Britain's enemieshttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/mar/06/srs-spare-room-subsidy-chill-britains-enemies
Labour calls it the bedroom tax. Cameron prefers a different term. But throughout the time they were sparring was audible the quiet sound of Lib Dem self-satisfaction<p>So much to gnaw on at PMQs. George Osborne has been in Brussels pleading for more money for Britain's bankers, who have been sucking the country dry for years. The people of Sicily would have a better case for keeping the mafia, who at least leave some of the money behind.</p><p>Meanwhile the government was defending what Labour calls the bedroom tax. As Cameron never tires of repeating, this is not actually a tax. It's just that you lose some housing benefit if you are in social housing and have more rooms than you need. Or the government thinks you need.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/mar/06/srs-spare-room-subsidy-chill-britains-enemies">Continue reading...</a>BenefitsHousing benefitCommunitiesHousingSocietyPMQsHouse of CommonsPoliticsDavid CameronEd MilibandBedroom taxWed, 06 Mar 2013 19:50:09 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/mar/06/srs-spare-room-subsidy-chill-britains-enemiesPhotograph: Pa/PALabour leader Ed Miliband adopted 'the curious but successful means of imitating himself'. Photograph: PaPhotograph: Pa/PALabour leader Ed Miliband adopted 'the curious but successful means of imitating himself'. Photograph: PaSimon Hoggart2013-03-06T19:50:09Z